29 April, 2005

The culprit was discovered to be mosquitoes native to that region carrying a new strain of Malaria which thus far has a 100 percent mortality rate and kills victims in fewer than 2 days.

After death, this parasite is able to restart the heart of its victim for up to two hours after the initial demise of the person where the individual behaves in extremely violent ways from what is believed to be a combination of brain damage and a chemical released into blood during ?resurrection.?

25 April, 2005

It seems that this is kid, Gary Broslma, has already made the rounds on the web, but until this morning, I had never heard of him or the BS NYT article.

I friend sent an E-mail with this link, and I grabbed it from there, as he is correct.

You can grab the SWF Flash file from here (Right-Click, Save-As and is 2.9MB in size), open it with Internet Explorer, or some other browser where flash is installed if you do not have the stand-alone Flash player- and I dare you not to laugh.

22 April, 2005

SAN ANTONIO - This is one story they'll be telling around the San Antonio Police Department for a long time. An off-duty officer was at a San Antonio auto auction house yesterday when nature called, a police spokesman said.

Officer Craig Clancy strolled to the appropriate facility and was lowering his trousers when his pistol fell from his waistband. When Clancy fumbled for the falling firearm, it went off, twice.

One of the bullets nicked a bit of floor tile into the leg of a man who was washing his hands nearby. That man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Police internal affairs is investigating.

I found this one, again from the High Road, and the title was stolen from All-Around-Shooters post in the thread- I could not argue with perfection.

"Don't people realize what they are doing when they accept unconstitutional grants, loans and money from the federal government? Since there is no money in the people's treasury, every penny unconstitutionally appropriated is added to the national debt through borrowing by Congress. That $35,000 SBA microloan has to be borrowed from the privately owned "Federal" Reserve Banking System."

Yes, and it is the major reason I never applied for one- in college or business.

Now take the Panama Canal bonds. They amounted to a little less than $50 million ? $49.5 million. By the time they are paid, the government will have paid $75 million in interest on bonds of less than $50 million. So, the government is paying out $135 million to obtain the use of $50 million.

Everyone has to make their own decisions about what they will and will not do, but when the time comes, and people are asked, the following response, "I did not know." will not be acceptable.

The heroism of Gen. Sam Houston's soldiers at San Jacinto is the stuff of legend. And heroism certainly abounded when the Texas Army, after miles of wearying retreat, rallied 169 years ago today to decimate the overwhelmingly superior army of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the so-called Napoleon of the West.

Historians traditionally attribute Houston's victory, which secured Texas' independence after an 18-minute battle, to timing, geography and luck. Trapped between attacking Texans and a treacherous marsh, Mexican troops ? rudely awakened from their afternoon siesta by a withering rebel fusillade ? had nowhere to go but their deaths.

Now, though, an East Texas high school history teacher, president of a group dedicated to putting copies of important state and national documents in the hands of state schoolchildren, is emphasizing an aspect of the battle that sometimes gets overlooked: technology.

Santa Anna's rout, says James Mitchell of Jasper, was, as much as anything, attributable to simply being outgunned.

Hundreds in Santa Anna's army carried surplus British East India pattern, smoothbore Brown Bess muskets. Although they fired a hefty three-quarter-inch ball, the guns were no match against the more accurate Kentucky rifles carried by many of Houston's troops.

"Authorities say the operator, Virginia Brauer, was not to blame because the animals apparently escaped on their own. Kern County officials say one of the chimps apparently figured out how to reach through a tight space between a chain link fence and a wall, pull out a steel pin and slide a door open."

Yes, I think his name was Ceaser- and it is a good thing St. James son shot that "damn dirty ape"...

In 1943 - Though, not US history, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising happens and the starving Jews kick some Nazi ass.

In 1993 - The might of the united States government sweeps in with the winds and ends their 51-day siege upon a Church, founded and run by it's citizens in Waco, Texas. Seventy-four (74) men, women and children died from gas, gunshot, and fire by feral agents acting in the name of "We the People." These feral agents received NO punishment for the crimes, as "We the People", though filled with righteous indignation, did nothing, even unto this day.

In 1775 - Feral agents of the government came to take our arms away and the "Shot heard round the World" was answered by many great men. One in particular needs mentioning, as I am sure if he had been alive in 1993, he would have done the same thing.

"There, before the eyes of his astonished family, Sam methodically loaded his musket and both of his famed dueling pistols, put his powder and ball inside his worn and well-traveled military knapsack, strapped his French saber around his waist, squared his grizzled jaw and, as he strode briskly out the door, simply informed his worried family that he was "going to fight the British regulars" and told them to remain safely indoors until he returned.

Whittemore walked to a secluded position behind a stone wall on Mystic Street, near the corner of what is now Chestnut Street in Arlington, and calmly settled in. Some of the Minutemen pleaded with Whittemore to join them in their safer positions, but he ignored their admonitions. Soon the 47th Regiment of Foot, followed by the main body of British troops, appeared in view. On both sides of Whittemore, Minutemen were shooting at the approaching Redcoats and then sprinting away to where they could reload in safety.

Waiting until the regiment was almost upon him, Whittemore stood up, aimed his musket carefully and fired, killing a British soldier. He then fired both dueling pistols, hitting both of his targets, killing one man outright and mortally wounding another. Not having time to reload his cumbersome weapons, he grabbed his French saber and flailed away at the cursing, enraged Redcoats who now surrounded him. Some of those infuriated soldiers were probably less than one quarter of Sam's 80 years; few, if any, were even half his age.

One Englishman fired his Brown Bess almost point-blank into Whittemore's face, the heavy bullet tearing half his cheek away and knocking him flat on his back. Undaunted, Whittemore attempted to rise and continue the fight, but received no less than 13 bayonet wounds from the vengeful Redcoats. They also mercilessly clubbed his bleeding head and drove their musket butts into his body as they ran by.

When the last Britisher had left the scene and was far enough away for them to come out in safety, the villagers who had seen Whittemore's last stand walked slowly toward the body. To their astonishment, he was still alive and conscious--and still full of fight! Ignoring his wounds, he was feebly trying to load his musket for a parting shot at the retreating regiment.

A door was used as a makeshift stretcher and Whittemore was carried to the nearby Cooper Tavern. Doctor Nathaniel Tufts of Medford stripped away Sam's torn, bloody clothing and was aghast at his many gaping bayonet wounds, the other numerous bruises and lacerations, and his horrible facial injury. According to every medical text Tufts had ever studied and all of his years of experience treating injured people, the old man should have bled to death from internal injuries."

That old glorious bastard did not die though, he lived another eighteen (18) years and when asked if he ever regretted his actions, Sam replied:

"No! I would take the same chance again!"

I wonder how many Sam Whittemore's there are today, because there were none left in the united States in 1993...

18 April, 2005

NEW YORK, April 18, 2005 -- A secret FBI report, obtained by ABC News, identifies 22 domestic terror organizations as the current subjects of 338 active FBI field investigations.

The Aryan Nations, and other white supremacist groups, are cited in the report for hate crimes, fire bombings, threats via mail, as well as robberies and murders. The National Alliance, one of the largest neo-Nazi organizations in the world, is subject to 51 FBI investigations alone, according to the report.

16 April, 2005

Mr. Sharkey forgot yesterday to remind you that while April 15th is that black day we have to pay our annual extortion money to the current band of warlords in Washington, it should be one of celebration and joy.

It was on April 15th, 1865, the hand of Justice pushed the American Lenin into Cocytus' icy grip where all traitors to country go. With the immortal battle cry of all who would strike down the tyrant, "Sic Semper Tyrannis", Abraham Lincoln was struck down.

It was the politics of Lincoln which drove this nation into it bloodiest conflict and set the foundations of the tax you were forced to pay and the other infringement and violations of the Constitution we endure daily from a central Federal Government. Of that Civil War and the politics behind it the historian Jeffrey Hummel wrote in Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men, "The Civil War represents the simultaneous culmination and repudiation of the American Revolution."

13 April, 2005

1865The Tyrant Licoln is shot, but as all governments do, the Tyrant Licoln's outright usruption over the soveriegn States and more importantly, the sovereign individual, continues to grow and the trampling continues unabated- for now...

Official SurvivorCongratulations! You scored 72%! Whether through ferocity or quickness, you made it out. You made the right choice most of the time, but you probably screwed up somewhere. Nobody's perfect, at least you're alive.

Also:

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:

08 April, 2005

Some freinds of mine have been kicking up dirt over the fact that the NRA had sent out the following memo, back around March 15th or so, regarding the NRA 2005 Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston next week:

Another friend called them yesterday and raised cain about the word negotiate because the NRA had nothing to negotiate as S.B. 501, which passed in the 2003 Texas legislative session passed and became law on September 1, 2003.

Thank you for spotting the error on our web site regarding handguns. Wemodified our rules regarding handguns when the law you cite becameeffective. Unfortunately, those that maintain our web site inserted the oldversion of our rules and regulations. The provision which we include in ourstandard rules and regulations for those using the convention center is asfollows:

18. CONCEALED HANDGUNS.Possession of firearms is forbidden in the Facility with the exception ofthe following: (i) licensed peace officers and licensed honorably retiredpeace officers and (ii) exhibitors and patrons during duly licensed gunshows and (iii) individuals licensed by the State of Texas to carryconcealed handguns.

We will undertake to correct our web information ASAP. Please feel free tocontact me if you have questions.

So my Paranoids, if you go here, as of right now, this is what you will see:So, what does all of this mean? If you have a Texas CHL or a CHL/CCW from a state that has reciprocity with Texas, you can carry at the NRA 2005 Annual Meeting.

Now, most folks that have a Texas CHL are aware of the laws, but those that need a refresher, and those from states that have reciprocity with Texas and are not familar with the laws, go here to learn.

Interestingly enough, something that most folks will overlook, is that this now puts the city of Houston in complaince with Texas state law regarding the banning of CHL in government owned facilities- I think.

So, if you are attending, and the NRA tells you that they NEGOTIATED Concealed Carry for the NRA 2005 Annual Meeting, you can say, bullshit, and should tell them that they should have said:

"Thanks to our great membership, which pointed out the NRA was wrong, we have told the city of Houston that it cannot prohibit us from allowing concealed carry because of Texas State Law."

However, the point, in my mind, is that it just takes a few good men to get something done...

WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - A House committee voted on Wednesday to expand U.S. daylight-saving time by two months to help reduce energy consumption, but rejected a plan to shave total U.S. oil demand by 1 million barrels a day.

Both proposals were offered as amendments to be tacked on to a broad energy bill that was debated by the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

The panel agreed in a voice vote to move the start of daylight-saving time in the United States -- which occurs when clocks are turned forward by one hour -- one month earlier to the first Sunday in March. The end of daylight time would be moved back one month to the last Sunday in November.

After Will's question, I did some searching for more information and found Patrica Saye's number. I called and spoke with her and then sent her the link to my post and she came by and posted the following comments in Haloscan:

My father originally attended a seminar held by the "Montana Freemen."

He was charged with "Felony Theft" - for "endorseing" a draft "signed" by 2 of the Montana Freemen, Leroy Schwitzer and Dan Peterson.

My mother died in my arms, the evening of 01/10/03, while my father was in the hospital, scheduled for surgery the following morning, after our phone had been turned off 2 days earlier, and I could not reach the doctor earlier that morning, until my brother stopped by earlier that afternoon, and left his cell phone with me.

If you have any questions, you may call me on my cell (702) 806-9066, and I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have, if I can.

WP, I'd like to thank you for contacting me today, and for sending my parents story out each year at this time.

MIAMI (AFP) - Florida's legislature has approved a bill that would give residents the right to open fire against anyone they perceive as a threat in public, instead of having to try to avoid a conflict as under prevailing law.

Supporters argue that criminals will think twice if they believe they are likely to be promptly shot when they assault someone.

"Why does Florida get all of the good laws first, all the time?

CHL - before TexasReciprocallity with more states - before TexasNo retreat in public - before Texas

We must have had the wrong landscaper. We got the wrong bush.We should have had Jeb instead of Shrub."

04 April, 2005

Texas State Representative Larry Phillips, has introduced HB 2893 that would put RFID tags in our vehicle state inspection stickers. I friend from Kalifornia, who has long stood, and worked for privacy rights, and goes way back in the computer industry sent the heads up to a few us here in Texas (I actually met via E-mail conversations thanks to CSMK, and though this man and I have had major differences in regards to certain opinions, I do think him an honorable). The link he sent us is the from Slashdot.

For those here in Texas, the Transportation Committee line-up can be found here- so go and call and say Hell No!

I have posted about RFID before, and the last time was back in December, and my opinion has not changed...

01 April, 2005

The Hampton City Council conducts a televised b*tch fest about Virginia's new statewide firearm preemption. The council decides that it does NOT want to repeal city gun ordinances that have been made unlawful under statewide preemption. One council member actually says "I don't think we want to follow [the] state statute." At one point the Mayor talks about the motion to repeal the city ordinances dying, and says "I'm not sure if we'll get in trouble or not" -- at this point you can hear laughter from fellow council members in the background.

Now, this thread, at The High Road, is a bitch fest about the local tyrants in Hampton, Virginia, but these crimes happen everywhere across our Republic, and people allow them to stand.

One council member of Hampton asks the City Attorney if they can be personally prosecuted if they disobey state law and keep their gun-banning ordinances on the books instead of removing them! When told, 'No, but the City could be civilly sued,' they shrugged.

So if you or I disregard the laws, do we get to shrug?

Another criminal, Randy Gilliam, a Hampton councilman, had the balls to state:

"There's not one of us who doesn't firmly believe in the Second Amendment right's to bare firearms." And then goes on to say: "But times have changed." (You will find this at the 11:37 mark of the video.)

Stoney (EDITED: not Shorty as I had first typed- thinking too fast) asked when we would be in the gravest extreme, Will said to be easy, and Kat got scared, and I say one thing you can do is start putting this stuff up (23MB in size: RIGHT CLICK, SAVE AS), on your blogs, just like the VCDL has done.

If they want a complete damned surveillance nation, I say give them one, starting with them that wrote the laws...

Privacy activists need to change tactics to adapt to changing public attitudes, a leading campaigner said Thursday. Simon Davies, a director of Privacy International, said campaigners need to win the argument by force of evidence rather than assuming that people naturally guard their privacy against government encroachment, an assumption he said is no longer valid.

If "logic and common sense" fail to shift public policy then "well placed" technicians might be prepared to sabotage invasive projects, Davies predicted. He said government moves to systematically profile and monitor its citizens have inflamed techies - even though the public at large remain indifferent. Government surveillance efforts predate the 9/11 terrorist attacks and include many projects (such as Britain's ID card scheme) of questionable utility.

Davies used to believe the need to guard personal privacy against invasion was a self-evident truth. But public willingness to accept ubiquitous CCTV camera coverage, ID cards and similar projects show most people no longer really care about privacy, even in countries such as the Netherlands which saw mass protests against something as low key as a government census 20 years ago.

Read the rest of the article for the title quote, and of course, I am not- what about you?